Adjusting to urban life after losing his beloved forest home, a forlorn Boy learns to harness the potential of his expansive imagination and unusual dreamscape with the shamanic aid of a strange stuffed animal - the Schwark. As he traverses time, space, and the hallways of his new school, the Boy finds himself caught in a series of strange, seemingly interconnected misadventures involving a host of odd characters - some real, some perhaps not. But there are rules to follow, and when the Boy discovers that he is on the brink of being expelled, he will have to make the most important decision of his life: will he assimilate, adapt, or blaze his own trail through all of this mess?